A trip to Mexico, being notes of a journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and back, with an appendix, containing and being a paper about the ancient nations and races who inhabited Mexico before and at the time of the Spanish conquest, and the ancient stone and other structures and ruins of ancient cities found there

Henry C.R Becher

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Sujets

• Mexico
• Antiquities

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 3
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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tlBRARV-"^m^^m^r^ I
-a^i -w'V^r-*
THE AZTEC CALENDAR STONE.
Built into the outer wall the Mexico.of Cathedral, City of
To face title page.A
TOTEIP MEXICO,
BEING
LAKE ERIE TONOTES OF A JOUENEY FROM
LAKE TEZCUCO AND BACK,
WITH
Alsr APPEISIDIX,
ANDCONTAINING AND BEING A PAPER ABOUT THE ANCIENT NATIONS
MEXICO BEFORE AND AT THE TIMERACES WHO INHABITED
OF THE SPANISH AND THE ANCIENT STONECONQUEST,
STRUCTURES AND RUINS OFAND OTHER
ANCIENT CITIES FOUND THERE.
H. C. R BECHER,
OF OSGOODE BARRISTER-AT-LAW^NDHALL, Q.C.
AND WILLIAMSONWILLING
MDCCCLXXX.Entered to Act of Parliament of in the one thousandCanada, year eightaccording
hundred and R. of the of in theby Henry C. Becher, City London,seventy-nine,
Province of in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.Ontario,